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cream

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cream in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
    "We licked the other team on Sunday!"
    cream  bat  clobber  drub  thrash  lick 
  2. add cream to one's coffee, for example
    cream 
  3. make creamy by beating
    "Cream the butter"
    cream 
  4. remove from the surface
    "skim cream from the surface of milk"
    skim  skim off  cream off  cream 
  5. put on cream, as on one's face or body
    "She creams her face every night"
    cream 
noun
  1. toiletry consisting of any of various substances in the form of a thick liquid that have a soothing and moisturizing effect when applied to the skin
    cream  ointment  emollient 
  2. the part of milk containing the butterfat
    cream 
  3. the best people or things in a group
    "the cream of England's young men were killed in the Great War"
    cream  pick 
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